Durant High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Durant, IA)

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5 M ALICE SCOTT Librarian, Senior English 9 JUDY MACDON Al ,ID Freshmen linglish ,pw 'Wwe EPD-u. Languages, Sciences, and Math Four years of English are required for graduation from Durant High School, Throughout his years in DHS, each student gains an accumulation of skills and knowledge having to do with English-grammatically and literally. This year freshmen and sophomores we re drilled in the mechanics of English and were introduced to litera- ture and its phases, Juniors were given a complete year of American literature and some aspects of grammar in connection with their term papers, Seniors were given a choice of English programs, college preparatory or practical. The college prep students prepared term papers, practiced various writing skills, studied English literature, and took frequent spelling tests, The practical English students studied grammar, read many books and also had frequent spelling tests. For the first,time, freshmen were allowed to take speech with the sophomores, Juniors and seniors were enrolled in the advanced speech class, Some of the activ- ities in this class were directing play scenes, interpre- tive reading, writing speeches and studying radio and television, Spanish was a two-year course which dealt with that language, Students learned to write and speak it through class discussions and the use of records, SANDRA MCCARTY Sophomore linglish, Spanish l OIS OVliRl3iXUGH Sophomore linglish, American l itcrature VIRGINIA I'Ol,l,OCTli N ' Speech lffii

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FIRST ROW: Mr, Clark Stevens, Diane lihrecke, Les Paulsen, Karen Schuett, lxlary lXlclXllister,,loyt-eRiessen, Thede, Bill West, and Dick Reimers, SILCOND ROW: and Ron Hopphan, I OL'R'l'H ROW: Jerry lklays, Herb Pat Kummerfeldt, Judy Toft, Patsy Best, Phillip Young, Wilson, Ron Deihl, larry Ouyer, Gerald Siebke, and and Robert Fischer, THIRD ROW: Renae Best, Barb Tom Schlapkohl. Council Sponsors Numerous Activities Faculty cheerleaders for thc Goodguy game nero FIRST ROW: Virginia Pollock, Kay Kerr, Sandy Trede, and .ludy MacDonald.SliCOND ROW:Cloria Hart, Lois Overbaugh, Alice Scott, Sandy McCarty, and Marcia Dreher, An organization which helped rule DHS was the Student Council. The group of twenty- one students represented classes and organ- izations, Among their many projects this year were the support of a Korean orphan, the Kolmerer Scholarship fund and insti- tuting a foreign exchange student at Durant, They again had a KSTT Goodguys basketball game in which the Durant faculty served as opponents and cheerleaders, The spring found them sponsoring a Sadie Hawkins Day and a Dress-Up Day, A Student Council Exchange Day was held in May, inviting several area schools to visit Durant. Other activities completed during the year were the Sno-Ball, taking the school district cen- sus, and keeping the activity board up -to -date. Student Council officers were FROM BOTTOM: Bill West, presidentg Dick Reimers, vice- presidentg Les Thede, treasurer and district vice-presidentg Diane Iihrecke, secretaryg Patsy Best, District secretaryg and Mr, Clark Stevens, sponsor, I- Q, ii Y K my 3 , Y' ' .K , I A 'I U Fl M' un 1

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KENNETH PUTNEY World History, American History, Sociology, Track Coach Keep Pace For Tomorrow There were four math courses offered at DHS, These courses were general math, Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II and advanced math, - Freshmen were required to take general math or Algebra l, while the other math courses were electives, Geometry was taken to develop reasoning, Algebra ll was a more advanced study of Algebra lg and advanced math was for Students planning careers in math or related fields, ' Four science courses were offered this year. They were biology, physical science, chemistry and physics, JERRY CLARK Biology, Physical Science, Chemistry I Q 4 RICHARD SHARP Geometry, Algebra II, Senior Math Biology was required for freshmen and covered the living world, Physical science was the second year science course and was a general science, Chemistry and physics were taken by those college-bound students or those stu- dents planning to enter a field of science, Three semester courses were again offered this year: economics, sociology, and psychology. These courses dealt with social, economic and behavior questions of our world. World histroy and American history were also taught this year, American histroy was required for all juniors, HAROLD FAIRBAIRN General Math, Algebra I, Physics